Category: USA

Tom and Mark Udall are at it again. The two cousins/Senators have once again introduced senate legislation that would require US utilities to generate 25% of their electricity from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources by 2025 (the 25×25 bill).

A group of 40-50 demonstrators appeared outside Rep. Susan Davis’ district office in San Diego, Friday, urging her to stand strong against any attempts to attach harmful provisions to a Continuing Resolution, including delays to Obamacare. Some of them carried signs that read, “Tea Time is Over” and “End the #GOPShutdown.”

Earlier this week, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo. where he launched a trio of new efforts to increase the amount of solar, wind and other clean energy in the U.S. He launched on Sept. 11 the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)—a new research More Info »

(EDITOR’S NOTE: There was an anti-war demonstration in front of Rep. Susan Davis’ office at 2 PM on Friday. You can watch a homeade video of the event here. The demonstrators have sent the following letter to Rep. Davis) Dear Rep. Davis: The proposed attack on Syria is imminent. Fortunately, President Obama has decided More Info »

With America poised to launch a military strike that would mark the beginning of a war with Syria, is the Nation is ready for another war? Will congress support President Obama? What will he do if they say No? It is Vice President Joe Biden’s obvious discomfort, rather than President Obama’s eloquence, that captures the More Info »

Secretaries of Interior and Energy invited to showing of “Who Are My People?” It is no co-incidence that the Las Vegas premiere of “Who Are My People?” is on August 13. National Clean Energy Summit 6.0 takes place the same day. The Secretary of the Interior (Sally Jewell), Secretary of Energy (Dr. Ernest Moniz), Chairman Jon Wellinghoff More Info »

(Image above: President Barack Obama walks with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China on the grounds of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif., June 8, 2013 – Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) (Editor’s note: The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature on More Info »

(The following article was written by Vicki Ekstrom and published in MIT News) MIT researchers warn of the risks a trade war could create for the solar industry. In the past decade, the massive expansion of China’s production and export of silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels has cratered the price of those items globally, More Info »